devices

英 [dɪˈvaɪsɪz]

美 [dɪˈvaɪsəz]

n.  装置; 仪器; 器具; 设备; 炸弹; 爆炸性武器; 爆炸装置; 手段; 策略; 方法; 技巧
device的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 装置;设备;器具;仪器
  Adeviceis an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
  1. ...an electronic device that protects your vehicle 24 hours a day.
     24小时保护车辆的电子装置
  2. ...a device that could measure minute quantities of matter...
     能够测量微量物质的设备
  3. We believe that an explosive device had been left inside a container.
     我们认为有一个爆炸装置被留在了一只集装箱里。
• N-COUNT 手段;策略;方法;技巧
  Adeviceis a method of achieving something.
  1. They claim that military spending is used as a device for managing the economy.
     他们声称军费开支是用来作为调控经济的手段的。
  2. ...the literary device of the metaphor.
     隐喻的文学手法
• PHRASE 听任…自便;让…自行发展;不去管
  If youleavesomeonetotheirown devices, you leave them alone to do as they wish.
  1. Left to his own devices, Osborn is a fluent — and often original — guitarist.
     任其自由发挥时，奥斯本是一个弹奏流畅、常常富有创意的吉他手。

英英释义

noun

• an inclination or desire
  1. eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force
  2. the children were left to their own devices

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